Usually means: Movement of chromosomes during division.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (metakinesis)

noun:  (anatomy) Cranial kinesis involving jointing between the dermatocranium and occipital segment.
noun:  (biology, historical) According to C. Lloyd Morgan, a hypothetical property possessed by all types of life of being endowed with something that is not consciousness but has the potentiality of developing into consciousness.

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